Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Abstract: Charles Bennett Gullans (1929-1993) was a poet, bibliographer, and an English and creative writing professor at UCLA from
1961 until his death. He also founded the Symposium Press in 1978. The collection consists of Gullans' literary manuscripts,
correspondence, clippings, a magazine, and related material including manuscript and page proofs for his book titled,
Arrivals and departures (1962), materials relating to Gullans' work on a UCLA library exhibit, and a copy of a poetry magazine containing some of
his poems.

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Language:
English.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Charles B. Gullans.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Charles B. Gullans Papers (Collection 2101). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Charles Bennett Gullans was born May 5, 1929 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; BA (1948) and MA (1951), University of Minnesota;
Ph.D, Stanford, 1956; assistant professor of English, University of Washington, 1955-61; taught English and creative writing
at UCLA from 1961 until his death; founded Symposium Press in 1978; his translations of poetry include
The wrong side of the rug (1986), and he compiled bibliographies of the works of Scottish poet Robert Aytoun and contemporary poets Turner Cassity
and J.V. Cunningham; wrote seven volumes of poetry between 1962 and 1990, including
Moral poems (1957),
Arrivals and departures (1962),
Many houses (1981), and
Letter from Los Angeles (1990); died March 30, 1993 in Los Angeles.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence, clippings, a magazine, and related material of Charles Gullans,
former UCLA professor of English and a published poet. Includes manuscript and page proofs for his book titled,
Arrivals and departures (1962), materials relating to Gullans' work on a UCLA library exhibit, and a copy of a poetry magazine containing some of
the author's poems.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Gullans, Charles B.--Archives.

University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of English $x Faculty--Archival resources.

Includes letters from Frederick Morgan (
The Hudson Review), Marcia Strout (University of Minnesota, University Press), Hugh Dick, Franklin D. Murphy and Robert Vosper (UCLA), and
excerpts from readers' comments by James Dickey and James Wright.

Box 1, Folder 5

Page proofs.

Physical Description: 6 items.

Scope and Content Note

Sample pages. 6 leaves.

[Page proofs]. 16 leaves.

First page proofs. 49 leaves.

Author's 1st page proofs. 70 leaves.

Office set-2nd page proofs. 42 leaves.

Office set-3rd page proofs. 16 leaves.

Box 1, Folder 6

Mockup for
Arrivals and Departures.

Physical Description: 74 leaves. Typescript with printer's marks.

Scope and Content Note

With proof sheets for dustjacket. 3 leaves.

Box 1, Folder 7

Ephemera
reArrivals and Departures.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Box 1, Folder 8

The Decorative Designers, 1895-1932. An essay by Charles Gullans and John Espey.

Creator/Collector: Gullans, Charles and Espey, John.

Physical Description: 9pp. Multilith. With 1 leaf ephemera.

Scope and Content Note

For
An Exhibition of the Work of Lee Thayer, Henry Thayer, and Jay Chambers. October 19 to November 21, 1970, in the College Library. Los Angeles University of California, 1970.

Box 1, Folder 9

The Decorative Designers, 1895-1932. An essay by Charles Gullans and John Espey.

Creator/Collector: Gullans, Charles and Espey, John.

Physical Description: 10pp. Multilith.

Scope and Content Note

A guide to the exhibition cases in the Rotunda of the College Library and in the Department of Special Collections, by Charles B. Gullans. Los Angeles [1970].